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WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 18TH CENTURY ?
The Enlightenment
Scientific discovery and early Industrial Revolution. See the History of Science and Technology.
American Revolution leading to United States declaration of independence in 1776 and Constitution in 1789.
Rosetta stone is found by Napoleon's troops in 1799.
Wars of Empire between Great Britain, France, Spain, Austria.
1707 - The Kingdom of Great Britain is formed
1715 - Louis XIV dies
1750 - peak of the Little Ice Age
1770s - James Cook's explorations
1786 - On behalf of the British East India Company, Francis Light acquires the island of Penang from the Sultan of Kedah- the first British colony in South-East Asia.
1788 - First European settlement established in Australia
1789 - The French Revolution
18TH CENTURY ARTISTS
Bernardo Bellotto (1720 - 1780)
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
François Boucher (1703 - 1770)
Canaletto (1697 - 1768)
Rosalba Carriera (1675 - 1757)
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699 - 1779)
John Constable (1776 - 1837)
Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1824)
Alexandre-François Desportes (1661 - 1743)
François-Hubert Drouais (1727 - 1775)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806)
Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840)
Henry Fuseli (1741 - 1825)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Corrado Giaquinto (1703 - 1765)
Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802)
Francisco Goya (1746 - 1828)
Antoine-Jean Gros (1771 - 1835)
Angelica Kauffman (1741 - 1807)
Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779)
Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766)
Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759 - 1840)
Gilbert Stuart (1755 - 1828)
George Stubbs (1724 - 1804)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770)
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
William Turner (1775 - 1851)
Elizabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755 - 1842)
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721)
Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)
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